Tyla surprises fans as she pole dances and twerks on the London Underground ahead of the release of APOP

Grammy winner Tyla surprised fans as she pole danced and twerked on the London Underground on Friday night.

Passengers were in for a big surprise when they spotted the R&B singer roaming around the city on public transport. 

The South African-born singer, 24, is currently promoting the release of her new album APOP.

Her album, which releases July 24, includes her single IS IT LOVE, Game Time and SHE DID IT AGAIN.

Ahead of her party to celebrate her second studio album, Tyla danced on the Underground like nobody was watching.

Tube-goers joked 'I hope she's got hand sanitiser' as a video of the moment went viral on TikTok.

Users penned: 'No not the tube pole! girl is going to be patient zero at her own gig',

'As a Londoner, she needs to now sanitise her whole body after touching that pole', 'That seems an annoyance to regular commuters.'

Last year Tyla candidly revealed how she was bullied for her hair texture and skin tone when attending a 'very white' primary school in her native South Africa.

The Water hitmaker was born near Johannesburg - where she says she had very negative experiences during her early education.

Speaking to Vogue, she said the bullying made her 'hate herself' before she moved to high school.

She said: 'I went to a very white primary school. I really hated myself.

'And then I went to high school, which was predominantly Black and cultured, and that's where I actually grew to love myself and became really proud of who I am.'

Elsewhere in the interview she broke her silence about being criticised for her actions at the MTV Music Video Awards in 2024.

She was lambasted online after handing her trophy to Lil Nas X, because it was too heavy while on the stage accepting the award.

She told Vogue about the incident: 'When people were telling me I'm entitled, I was very confused because I was just asking Lil Nas, who is a friend, to help me hold it while I was giving the speech.

'Guys, those awards are very heavy! And at that moment, I had an important message. I really didn't want to be focused on struggling to hold this award.'

At the time fans slammed Tyla for her 'tacky' behavior after claiming she wasn't 'strong enough' to hold her award for Best Afrobeats during her acceptance speech.

During her acceptance speech, Tyla said of her hit song: 'The global impact that Water has had on the world just proves that African music can be pop music too.

'This is just so special, but also bittersweet because I know there's a tendency to group all African artists under Afrobeats,' she continued.

'It's a thing, and even though Afrobeats has run things and has opened so many doors for us, African music is so diverse. It's more than just Afrobeats.'